Monday, February 25, 2013

5K Training - 02/18 - 02/24

M: 5M
9:03, 8:43, 8:44, 8:40, 8:44
Band walks, 100 sit ups, calf raises
890v2: 282M

T: 5M
9:21, 8:51, 8:34, 8:36, 8:24
MR10 (B): 218M

W: 5.5M
WU: 1.5M 9:13, 4:18 + 2 x 100m
Tempo: 20:00 @ 7:00 - 6:53, 6:55, 6:12 = 2.91M - This felt good and controlled. I was pushing a bit at the end, but not close to maxing out. Good weather.
CD: 1M 9:05
1400: ?

Th: 5M
9:31, 9:06, 9:16, 9:05, 9:13 - Tired
Band walks, 40 push ups, calf raises
MR10 (B): 223M

F: 12M
9:04, 8:55, 8:46, 8:28, 8:29, 8:36, 8:23, 8:17, 8:25, 8:08, 8:51, 8:50
1400: ?

S: OFF

Su: 5M
WU: 1M 9:33
Intervals: 6 x 800 @ 3:10/3:00 - 3:13, 3:08, 3:11, 3:13, 3:12, 3:05 - Wasn't recovered 100% from Friday. Ran these by feel w/out looking at my watch. Close to 100% humidity and around 71*. A little rain during and started to rain at finish.
CD: 1M 8:11 - Picked up the pace on straights on Lap 2, and on the curves on Lap 3 for fun.
RC1600: 20M
MR10 (B): 225M

Week: 37.5M

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

5K Training - 02/11 - 02/17

M: 6M
9:00 (Hill), 8:39, 8:21, 8:27, 8:18, 8:00 (Hill)
Calf raises, band walks, 100 situps, 30 pushups
MR10 (W): 119M

T: 6.5M
WU: 1.5M 9:10, 4:30 + 2 x 100m
Tempo: 20:00 @ 7:10 - 7:14, 7:06
CD: 3M 8:01, 8:42, 8:09
It was 80* and had been higher than that during the day. I was redlining at the end of the second mile. I sat for a bit to cool off then did my cool down. By then it had dropped to 77* and was really nice. I'll put off my next tempo until later so I don't deal with this again.
MR10 (B): 213M

W: 5M
9:31 (Hill), 8:47, 8:31, 8:20, 7:42 (Hill) - Hadn't run in the rain for awhile. Nice change from Tuesday.
Pure 2: 36.5M - Last time I'm running in these. My left ankle was sore the next day.

Th: 6M
8:23 (Hill), 8:40, 4:13 (Watch messed up at 0.50) 8:11, 8:13, 7:55, 3:50 (Hill last 1.5M) - More rain but this time it was cold.
MR10 (W): 125M

F: OFF

S: 5M
9:31, 8:53, 9:10, 8:41, 8:29 - Wanted to do track work today but was feeling slow.
MR10 (W): 130M

Su: 6M
WU: 2M 9:02, 8:33
Intervals: I was a little apprehensive going into this after Tuesday. It was fairly windy all weekend, but wasn't bad at the track. I was very happy with this workout.
1M 6:29.01 - 3:19.06, 1:37.80, 1:32.15
800m 3:08.38
400m 1:24.19
200m 0:31.32
CD: 1M 8:05 - I picked up the pace on the straights for the second half.
Band walks, 30 pushups, calf raises, planks
890v2: 277M
1600: 17M

Week: 34.5M

Monday, February 11, 2013

5K Training - 02/04 - 02/10

M: OFF
Super Bowl hangover and travel.

T: 6M
WU: 1.5M 8:39, 4:25 + 2 x 100m
Tempo: 20:00 @ 7:20 - 7:17, 7:18, 5:26 (7:04) = 2.77M - Felt better than last week. Breathing was more controlled and my pace was better for first 2 miles.
CD: 1M 9:17
MR10(W): 109M

W: 5M
9:18, 9:04, 8:53, 8:50, 8:52
890v2: 272M
Band walks, 100 sit ups, 20 eccentric calf drops

Th: 4M
8:36 (Hill), 8:31, 8:13, 7:59 (Hill)
MR10(W): 113M

F: 4M
WU: 2M 8:35, 8:30
Hills: 10 x 0:20.0 (112m)/4:00
CD: 1M 9:11
890v2: 276M

S: 12M
9:04, 9:07, 8:30, 8:05. 8:20, 8:27, 8:38, 8:38, 8:18, 8:34, 8:30, 8:41 - Pace was erratic and I wasn't rested from Friday, but I didn't have time to run Sunday.
MR10(B) 207M

Su: OFF

Week: 31M

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

5K Training - 01/28 - 02/03


M: 5.82M
WU: 2M 8:51, 9:13 + 2 x 100m
Tempo: 2.70M - 20:00 @ 7:30 - 7:34, 7:25, 5:01 (7:09)
CD: 9:11
MR10(W): 91M

T: 5M
9:19, 8:38, 8:47, 8:49, 9:01
Band walks, Heel drops, Planks, 30 push-ups
890v2: 262M

W: 5M
9:13, 8:14, 8:19, 8:20, 8:17
MR10(B): 195M

Th: 3M
WU: 2M 9:05, 8:50
Intervals: 6 x 200m - I cut this short for a couple reasons the first being I felt really week on the last one. Also, I couldn't get on a track so I was running on an uneven road and was a little scared I'd fall in the dark. All the tracks are full of kids!
0:37.70 (0.118)/1:39
0:40.86 (0.148)/1:41
0:37.03 (0.115)/1:42
0:36.80 (0.114)/3:26
0:37.47 (0.112)/2:10
0:39.34 (0.114)/2:00
CD: 1M 9:00
1400: ?

F: 5M
9:14, 8:16, 8:04, 8:23, 8:26
890v2: 267M

S: 6M
8:49, 8:06, 8:06, 8:15, 7:50, 7:48
MR10(W): 97M

Su: 10M
3.60M - 8:28, 9:20, 9:31, 6:08 - This kinda sucked because I was struggling to not get lost in unfamiliar Gainesville woods and I tripped on a root.
MT110:33M
6.40M 8:43, 8:28, 8:40, 8:42, 8:39, 8:28, 3:22 - Running on UF campus was good, but I felt like I hit a little wall over the last 2 miles.
MR10(W): 013M

Week: 40M

Overall this week felt good. I'm a little annoyed with cutting the intervals short, but that's better than road rash at 4:15 pace on bricks.